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Plant Care Sheets
The Desert Museum's Annual Plant Sale is held at the end of September. The list below displays the plants from the most recent sale.
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to view the Plant Care Sheet. These sheets have been compiled by the Desert Museum Botany Department. In some cases, plant care information from Mountain States Wholesale Nursery has been used to supplement the museum's own knowledge base.
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| Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Zipehui | Euphorbia californica | Medium shrub |   |
| | Yerba mansa | Anemopsis californica | Ground cover | |
| | Yellow orchid vine | Callaeum macropterum | Vine | |
| | Yellow evening primrose | Calylophus hartwegii | Ground cover |  |
| | Yellow chuparosa | Justicia californica | Medium shrub |  |
| | Yellow bells | Tecoma stans | Large shrub |  |
| | Yarrow | Achillea millefolium | Ground cover | |
| | Wright silktassel | Garrya wrightii | Medium shrub | |
 | | Winter-fat | krascheninnikovia lanata | Small shrub | |
| | Wild cotton | Gossypium davidsonii | Medium shrub | |
| | Wild cotton | Gossypium thurberi | Medium shrub | |
| | Wild Cotton | Gossypium turneri | Medium shrub | |
| | White-veined Dutchman's pipe | Aristolochia fimbriata | Vining groundcover | |
| | White spurge | Euphorbia xanti | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | White sage | Salvia apiana | Medium shrub | |
| | Wax spurge | Euphorbia antisyphilitica | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | viscid acacia | Vachellia vernicosa | Large shrub | |
| | Virginia creeper | Parthenocissus inserta | Vine | |
| | Uruquenia | Croton ciliato-glandulifer | Small shrub | |
| | Tufted evening primrose | Oenothera caespitosa | Perennial | |
| | Triangleleaf bursage | Ambrosia deltoidea | Small shrub | |
| | Tree marigold | Tithonia diversifolia | Large shrub | |
| | Trailing yellow dalea | Dalea capitata | Small shrub | |
| | Torote | Bursera filicifolia | Medium shrub | |
| | Toothless sotol | Dasylirion longissimum | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Texas ranger | Leucophyllum frutescens | Large shrub | |
| | Texas firecracker bush | Hamelia patens | Medium shrub | |
| | Texas creeping oxeye | zexmenia hispida (wedelia acapulcensis) | Small shrub | |
| | Superb penstemon | Penstemon superbus | Perennial | |
| | Sundrop | Calylophus drummondianus | Medium shrub | |
| | Summer Snow™ plumbago | Plumbago zeylandica | Small shrub | |
| | Starrfire red skullcap | Scutellaria hybrid | Perennial | |
| | Southwestern pipevine | Aristolochia watsonii | Vining groundcover | |
| | Sonoran spider lily | Hymenocallis sonorae | Perennial | |
| | Sonoran nightshade | Solanum hindsianum | Medium shrub | |
| | Sonoran honeysuckle | Justicia sonorae | Perennial | |
| | Sonoran giant hyssop | Agastache wrightii | Small shrub | |
| | Sonoran bursage | Ambrosia cordifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Soaptree yucca | Yucca elata |  | |
| | Smoke tree | Psorothamnus spinosus | Tree | |
| | slipper plant | Pedilanthus macrocarpus | ||
| | Slender Goldshower | Galphimia gracilis | ||
| | Skeleton-leaf goldeneye | Viguieria stenoloba | Medium shrub | |
| | Siskiyou pink | Gaura lindheimeri | Perennial | |
| | Silver dalea | Dalea bicolor | Large shrub | |
| | Sierra madre lobelia | Lobelia laxiflora | Small shrub | |
| | Side-oats grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | Grass | |
| | San Pedro daisy | Lasianthea podocephala | Subshrub | |
| | Salvia 'Pozo Blue' | Salvia leucophylla × S. clevelandii | Medium shrub | |
| | Sage | Artemisia ludoviciana | Perennial | |
| | S. Mohavensis/Dorii/Cleveland | Salvia hybrid "trident" | ||
| | Rock fig | Ficus petiolaris var palmeri | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Red Turk's cap | Malvaviscus arborea | Medium shrub | |
| | Red jacobinia | Justicia candicans | Small shrub | |
| | Red bird-of-paradise | Caesalpinia pulcherrima | Medium shrub | |
| | Red autumn sage | Salvia greggii | Small shrub | |
| | Rabbit brush | Ericameria nauseosus | Medium shrub | |
| | Quail bush | Atriplex lentiformis | Large shrub | |
| | Pyramid bush | Melochia tomentosa | Small shrub | |
| | Purple trailing lantana | Lantana montevidensis | Ground cover | |
| | Prarie sagewort | Artemisia frigida | Groundcover | |
| | Prairie coneflower | Ratibida columnifera | Perennial | |
| | Pozo Blue sage | Salvia hybrid | | |
| | Pintapán cimarrón | Abutilon mollicomum | Perennial | |
| | Pink skullcap | Scutellaria suffrutescens | Perennial | |
| | Pink Parade® | Hesperaloe hybrid | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Pineapple Guava | Feijoa sellowiana | Large shrub | |
| | Pine-leaf milkweed | Asclepias linaria | Small shrub | |
| | Pata de cabra | Bauhinia pringlii | Large bush/small tree | |
| | Passion fruit | Passiflora arida | Vine | |
| | Parry penstemon | Penstemon parryi | Perennial | |
| | Parry agave | Agave parryi var. parryi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Parish Goldeneye | Viguiera deltoidea var. parishii | Small shrub | |
| | Papalotillo | Guardiola platyphylla | Perennial | |
| | Pams pink honeysuckle | Lonicera "pams pink" | Vine | |
| | Palo prieto | Senna polyantha | Large shrub | |
| | Palo piojo | Caesalpinia pumila | Medium shrub | |
| | Palmer Indian mallow | Abutilon palmeri | Small shrub | |
| | Palmer agave | Agave palmeri | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Orange bells | Tecoma garocha | Large shrub | |
| | Ojo de liebre | Solanum houstonii | Medium shrub | |
| | Ocotillo | Fouquieria splendens | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Night-blooming hesperaloe | Hesperaloe nocturna | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Narrow-leaf milkweed | Asclepias angustifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Mountain marigold | Tagetes lemmonii | Small shrub | |
| | Mist flower | Conoclinium (Eupatorium) dissectum | Perennial | |
| | Mexican tarragon | Tagetes lucida | Small shrub | |
| | Mexican orange | Choisya dumosa var arizonica | Small shrub | |
| | Mexican Honeysuckle | Justicia spicigera | Small shrub | |
| | Mexican Evening Primrose | Oenothera speciosa | Perennial | |
| | Mexican bush sage | Salvia leucantha | Small shrub | |
| | Mexican bird-of-paradise | Caesalpinia mexicana | Large shrub | |
| | Maximilian sunflower | Helianthus maximiliani | Medium shrub | |
| | Mariola | Parthenium incanum | Small shrub | |
| | Mangle Dulce | Maytenus phyllanthoides | Small shrub | |
| | Longneck ruel | Ruellia nudiflora | Perennial | |
| | Little-leaf cordia | Cordia parvifolia | Large shrub | |
| | Little Golden Zinnia | Zinnia grandiflora | Small shrub | |
| | Lemmon sage | Salvia lemmonii | Small shrub | |
| | Lavender spice | Poliomintha maderensis | Small shrub | |
| | Jumping cholla | Cylindropuntia fulgida var. mamillata | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hopbush | Dodonaea viscosa | Large shrub | |
| | Hohokam agave | Agave murpheyi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Grape-scented sage | Salvia melissodora | Small shrub | |
| | Goodding verbena | Glandularia gooddingii | Perennial | |
| | Golden fleece | Thymophylla pentachaeta | Perennial | |
| | Giant sacaton | Sporobolus wrightii | ||
| | Giant Hesperaloe | Hesperaloe funifera | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Germander sage | Salvia chamaedrioides | Small shrub | |
| | Galaena red sage | Salvia darcyi | Perennial | |
| | Fragrant mist flower | Chromolaena odorata | Medium shrub | |
| | Flattop buckwheat | Eriogonum fasciculatum | Small shrub | |
| | Flame bush | Anisacanthus quadrifidus | Medium shrub | |
| | Firecracker penstemon | Penstemon eatoni | Perennial | |
| | Firecracker bush | Bouvardia turnifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Fendler globe mallow | Sphaeralcea fendleri | Medium shrub | |
| | Felger crownbeard | Verbesina felgeri | Small shrub | |
| | False indigo bush | Amorpha fruticosa | Shrub | |
| | Fairy duster | Calliandra eriophylla | Small shrub | |
| | elderberry | Sambucus mexicana | | |
| | Desert spoon | Dasylirion wheeleri | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | desert senna | Senna covesii | ||
| | Desert ruellia | Ruellia peninsularis | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert milkweed | Asclepias subulata | Small shrub | |
| | Desert marigold | Baileya multiradiata | Perennial | |
| | Desert lavender | Hyptis albida (emoryi) | Large shrub | |
| | Desert honeysuckle | Anisacanthus thurberi | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert globe mallow | Sphaeralcea ambigua | Small shrub | |
| | Desert fuschia | Epilobium (Zauschneria) canum | Perennial | |
| | Deer grass | Muhlenbergia rigens | Grass | |
| | Day-of-the-dead flower | Symphiotrichum lanceolatum | Perennial | |
| | Damianita | Chrysactinia mexicana | Small shrub | |
| | Croosvine | Bignonia capreolata | Large vine | |
| | Creosotebush | Larrea tridentata | Large shrub | |
| | Confiturilla grande | Lagascea decipiens | Medium shrub | |
| | Cliffrose | Purshia stansburyana | Medium shrub | |
| | Chocolate flower | Berlandiera lyrata | Perennial | |
| | Chiltepin | Capsicum annuum (wild type) | Small shrub | |
| | Chaparral sage | Salvia clevelandii | Medium shrub | |
| | Cat claw vine | Dolichandra unguis-cati | Vine | |
| | Cardinal flower | Lobelia cardinalis | Small shrub | |
| | Canyon penstemon | Penstemon pseudospectabilis | Perennial | |
| | Caliche globe mallow | Sphaeralcea laxa | Small shrub | |
| | Button bush | Cephalanthus occidentalis | Large shrub | |
| | Butterfly bush | Buddleja marrubiifolia | Medium shrub | |
| | Bull grass | Muhlenbergia emersleyi | Grass | |
| | Brittlebush | Encelia farinosa | Medium shrub | |
| | Boneset | Chromolaena sagittata | Medium shrub | |
| | Blackfoot daisy | Melampodium leucanthum | Small shrub | |
| | Bee brush | Aloysia gratissima | Medium shrub | |
| | Beargrass | Nolina microcarpa | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Bat faced cuphea | Cuphea lavea | Small shrub | |
| | Banana Yucca | Yucca baccata baccata | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Baja fairy duster | Calliandra californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Arrowweed | Pluchea sericea | Large shrub | |
| | Arizona rosewood | Vauquelinia californica | Large shrub | |
| | Arizona foldwing | Dicliptera resupinata | Perennial | |
| | Apache plume | Falugia paradoxa | Medium shrub | |
| | Angelita daisy | Tetraneuris (Hymenoxys) acaulis | Small shrub | |
| | Anderson Wolfberry | Lycium andersonii | Medium shrub | |
| | Airy bachelor's buttons | Gomphrena decumbens | Small shrub | |
| | Aguirre™ turpentine bush | Ericameria laricifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Agave sp. | Agave sp. | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | 'Sosa Carrillo' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | 'Incense' passion vine | Passiflora incarnata× P. cincinnata | Vine | |
| | 'Goodwin Homestead' heritage quince | Cydonia oblonga | Small tree | |
| | 'Garcia Camp' heritage pomagranate | Punica granatum | Small tree | |
| | 'Arizona Sun' blanket flower | Gaillardia species | Perennial | |
| | ' Sosa Carillo' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum Sosa Carrillo | Tree | |
| | Cerocarpus ledifolius var. intricatus | |||
| Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose |
